Combination-hinge for scale and wagon racks.



PATENTED MAY 19, 1908.

4 0 W. WORTHINGTON.

COMBINATION HINGE FOR SCALE AND WAGON RACKS.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY-3. 1907.

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PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES W. WORTHINGTON, OF RUSHVILLE, ILLINOIS.

COMBINATION-HINGE FOR SCALE AND WAGON RACKS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 19, 1908.

Application filed July 3, 1907. Serial No. 382,096.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. WORTH- INGTON, citizen of the United States, residing at Rushville, in the county of Schuyler and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Hinges and Adjustable Stops for Scale and Wagon Racks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention contemplates certain new and useful improvements in racks for use in connection with platform scales for weighing hay, live stock or other commodities and for use in connection with wagon beds for transporting hay and the like, and the invention relates particularly to a construction of binge securing the side posts or bars of the rack to the bed of the same, the object of the invention being to provide a simple, durable and efficient construction of hinge which will not only serve to pivotally connect the side bars or posts to the bed, but which will also serve to limit the outward movement of the side bars at difierent inclinations, at the same time avoiding any strain on the hinge, and which will also hold the side bars located securely in a vertical position, which will be useful under different conditions, as when the device is used as a wagon rack and when the end gates are not in place.

With this and other objects in view, as will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain conditions, arrangements and combinations of the parts that I shall hereinaftenfully describe and claim.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction and the means for effecting the result, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in thefollowing description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

My invention, as above indicated, is a plicable equally to all classes of racks of t e character hereinafter set forth, whether it be a rack for a platform scale or wagon gear and no matter for what use the rack is to be put.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates a portion of the bed of the rack I Which is provided at its sides. with lateral extensions 2, and 3 designates one of the side 1 bars or posts either in a vertical osition with respect to the bed, or outward y therefrom at difierent inclinations, according to the particular use of the rack.

4 designates a hinge member which is secured to the post 3 and which in the present instance is in the form of a metallic strap screwed to the outer side of the post and having one end returned upon itself to form an eye accommodating the pintle 5. This pintle extends through the eyes 6" of a complemental hinge member 6 in the form of a metallic plate screwed or otherwise secured This plate or hin ed member 6 forms a me tallic rest for the ower end of the post when the latter is in vertical position, and it is provided beyond the 0st with an extension in which a slot 7 is ormed, said slot extend.- ing downwardly through the bed, as clearly illustrated in the drawing. A bolt 8 extends through the slot 7 and is provided at its upper end with an eye 9 by which it is pivotally secured to a strap or plate 10 screwed or otherwise secured to the inner side of the post 3. A nut 11 works on the lower threaded end of the bolt 8, below the bed 1 or extension 2'thereof.

From the foregoing description in conwill be seen that the engagement of the nut with the lower side of the bed or the extension 2 of the bed may be utilized to secure the post 3 either in a true upright position, or as a stop to hold the post at any desired inclination with respect to the bed, accord in to the adjustment of the nut 11 on the bot. It will also be noted that a lar e range of adjustment is rendered possib e by the use of my improved combination hinge and adjustable stop device, and that the parts may be cheaply constructed and easily assembled and that they will be durable and efficient.

It will be observed that the hin e itself is a positive stop preventing the sides of the rack from going inwardly beyond an upright position, the construction at the'same time permitting any desired outward inclination, such inclination being governed by the adjustable stops. In case of a wagon rack, a l certain portion of the load, when the sides of the rack adapted to be heldto the bed 1 at the lateral extension 2 thereof.

nection with the accompanying drawing, itv

are inclined, acts as a reinforcement to the stops. This would be evident in loading baled hay or heavy machinery where flaring or outwardly inclined sides were desirable. It is also important to note that with my construction and arrangement of the parts, the hinge is located at the rear side of the 0st. Hence all of the weight of the sides is never thrown u on the stops until, the the sides of the rac are laid horizontal.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In a rack of the character described, the combination of a bed having an opening therein, a standard, a hinge member secured to the outer face of the standard, a cooperating hinge member secured to the bed under the base of the standard, the said cooperating hinge member extending beyond the base of the standard and having an opening therein corresponding to the before mentioned opening' in the bed, a bolt passing loosely through the said opening and engaging the inner face of the standard, and a nut threaded upon the bolt and engaging the bed to hold the standard in an adjusted position.

2. In a rack of the character described, the combination of a bed having an openin therein, a standard, a hinge member secure to the outer face of the standard, a cooperating hinge member secured to the bed under the base of the standard, said cooperating hinge member extending beyond the base of the standard and having an opening therein registering with the before mentioned opening in the bed, a plate secured to the inner face of the standard, and an eye bolt loosely engaging the said plate and extending through the opening in the bed, and a nut threaded upon the bolt and engaging the bed to hold the standard in an adjusted position.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

[n s] OHA RLES W. WORTHINGTON,

Witnesses.

PERRY LOGSDON, MATTHIAS SPEED. 

